by Iftekhar Mahmud in Prothom Alo, Mar 20,2023Mariyam Begum, 72, and her daughter Bono Begum, 52, are from a remote village of Kurigram. Both the mother and the daughter are agricultural workers and earn Tk 200-250 a day. They also receive an old age allowance of Tk 500 a month. Since they have got no workover the past couple of months, they depend on the monthly old-age allowance. They now have meals twice a day…
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Report in The Daily Star, Mar 18, 2023Two youths were arrested yesterday in connection with the attack, vandalism, and stealing of idols in two separate temples in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram. The arrested youths, resident students of Ulipur Masjidul Huda Nurani and Hafezia Madrasa in Ulipur upazila, admitted their involvement in this incident, Ulipur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sheikh Ashrafuzzaman told The Daily Star at 10:00pm last night. “The missing idol of Goddess Kali has…